Crocodylus sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1953
Sri Lankan crocodile (proposed), Ceylon crocodile (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c.78k BC?
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1953). Acoloured atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon.Vol. 2. National Museums Publication. Ceylon Govt. Press. 101pp.
Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1958). The Pleistocene of Ceylon. Ceylon National Museums Natural History Series. Govt. Press. Colombo, 164pp.
de Silva, Anslem. (2013). The Crocodiles of Sri Lanka. Published by the Author. Printed at AMP Print Shop, Gampola, 254 pp + 72 plates. [relevant citation?]
Anslem de Silva, Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi K.H. S. Rangika Premarathne and S. M. Kamal Abeywardhana. (2013). Discovery of a 2 fossilized tooth of an extinct crocodile from Sri Lanka: Preliminary report. Proceedings: World Crocodile Conference 22nd Working Meeting of the IUCN SSC Crocodile Specialist Group, pp. 234-235.
http://bcssl.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PROCEEDINGS-Rufford-Conference-Sri-Lanka.pdf#page=9